Person:Benjamin Higgins (5)
Benjamin Higgins
b.15 Sep 1681 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
d.Bef 11 May 1761 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 24 Dec 1661
  1. Ichabod Higgins1662 - 1728
  2. Richard Higgins1664 - 1732
  3. John Higgins1666 - 1689
  4. Joshua Higgins1668 -
  5. Lydia HigginsBef 1670 -
  6. Isaac Higgins1672 -
  7. Rebecca Higgins1674 - 1675
  8. Samuel Higgins1676/77 -
  9. Benjamin Higgins1681 - Bef 1761
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Benjamin Higgins1681 - Bef 1761
  • W.  Sarah FreemanBet 1681 & 1685 - 1743/44
m. 20 May 1701
  1. Priscilla Higgins1702 -
  2. Thomas Higgins1704 -
  3. Sarah Higgins1706 -
  4. Paul Higgins1708 -
  5. Reliance Higgins1710 -
  6. Elizabeth Higgins1712 -
  7. Experience Higgins1713/14 -
  8. Benjamin Higgins1715/16 -
  9. Thankful Higgins1717 -
  10. Zaccheus Higgins1719 -
  11. Solomon Higgins1721 -
  12. Lois Higgins1723 -
  13. Isaac Higgins1725 -
  14. Freeman Higgins1727 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Benjamin Higgins1681 - Bef 1761
  • W.  Mercy Freeman1702 - 1786
m. 28 Jun 1749
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Facts and Events
Name Benjamin Higgins
Gender Male
Birth[1] 15 Sep 1681 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 20 May 1701 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Freeman
Marriage 28 Jun 1749 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mercy Freeman
Death[2] Bef 11 May 1761 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ "Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
    8:12.

    Benjamine Higgens the sonne of Benjamine Higgens was borne the 15th of September in the yeare : 1681.

  2. ↑ "The Will of Benjamin Higgins", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
    18:190-1.

    Will of "Benjamin Higgens of Eastham", dated 1 Jul 1760, , mentions wife Mercy ["personal Estate she brought with har", i.e., second wife]; sons Thomas, Paul, Benjamin, Zaccheus, Isaac, Freeman; daughters "Presiller smith", Sarah Smith, "Experens fohy", "Lois Cirkum"; grandchildren Solomon Young, Anne Young, Eunis Young, Sarah Young, Elesebeth YOung and Hennery Young [splitting unnamed daughter's share]. [The text of this article says the will was never probated, but Source:Higgins, Katharine Elizabeth Chapin. Richard Higgins, a Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts and at Piscataway, New, p. 89, says it was recorded Barnstable County Probate p. 12:153, and proved 11 May 1761.]

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